webbrowser-app

Cannot login on sites requiring HTTP authentication

Bug #1212980 reported by Cris Dywan on 2013-08-16

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	webbrowser-app	Fix Released	Medium	Adnane Belmadiaf
	webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

During a bit of dog fooding I wanted to use my Ubuntu phone to access my router settings. It did not ask for a login but instead immediately showed an error page as if the login had failed or was aborted. I know the router uses HTTP authentification.

Related branches

lp:~daker/webbrowser-app/fix.1212980

Merged into lp:webbrowser-app at revision 328

PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration) on 2013-09-23

Olivier Tilloy: Approve on 2013-09-20

lp:ubuntu/saucy-proposed/webbrowser-app

Revision history for this message

Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2013-08-16:

test.py Edit (709 bytes, text/x-python)

Confirmed. I can reproduce by running the attached test server and browsing to http://localhost:3128.

Changed in webbrowser-app:
status:	New → Confirmed

Olivier Tilloy (osomon) on 2013-09-18

Changed in webbrowser-app:
assignee:	nobody → Adnane Belmadiaf (daker)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Revision history for this message

PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins) wrote on 2013-09-23:

Fix committed into lp:webbrowser-app at revision 328, scheduled for release in webbrowser-app, milestone ubuntu-13.04-month-5

Changed in webbrowser-app:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-09-24:

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.22+13.10.20130924.1-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.22+13.10.20130924.1-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

[ Ted Gould ]
* Adding single instance marker to the desktop file.

  [ daker ]
  * Added support for Alert dialogs. (LP: #1169757)
  * Added support for HTTP/Proxy auth. (LP: #1212980)
  * Added certificateVerificationDialog component. (LP: #1227055)

  [ Adnane Belmadiaf ]
  * Added support for HTTP/Proxy auth. (LP: #1212980)
  * Added certificateVerificationDialog component. (LP: #1227055)

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * Generate translation templates only for files under src/app/. Files
    under src/Ubuntu/… are the UbuntuWebView component, and they
    shouldn’t have any translatable strings.
  * Fix the selection rectangle size and position when zoomed and
    scrolled. (LP: #1131160)
  * Added support for HTTP/Proxy auth. (LP: #1212980)
  * Ensure the chrome is hidden when the permission request dialog is
    shown. (LP: #1226635)

[ Ubuntu daily release ]
* Automatic snapshot from revision 331
-- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:05:03 +0000